Bangers & Cash
Series 14, episode 6: a Mk1 Astra GTE, a 1964 Trojan, a Lambretta and a Morris pickup
By Jon Cosson · Last checked
An independent guide from the village. Not connected to Mathewsons or the programme. For entries, bidding and the catalogue, go to mathewsons.co.uk. Checked 10 October 2026.
Episode 6 aired on U&Yesterday on Thursday 27 August 2026. The broadcaster's listing says a Mark 1 Astra GTE sends Dave into raptures, and that Derek heads to Norfolk to see a 1964 Trojan and a 1966 Lambretta. The episode title adds a Morris pickup.
The cars
- Vauxhall Astra GTE Mk1
- one of the first hot hatches from a British maker, launched in 1983 with a 1.8 litre fuel-injected engine of 115 horsepower and a 115 mph top speed, and replaced within about a year when the Mk2 Astra arrived in 1984. GTE stood for Grand Touring Einspritzmotor, German for injection engine. Only a handful are still on British roads.
- 1964 Trojan 200
- the German Heinkel Kabine bubble car, built under licence by Trojan of Croydon from 1961 to 1965 with a 198cc single-cylinder engine and a top speed of about 55 mph. About 7,000 were made and the price new was £359.
- Lambretta Silver Special
- Innocenti's Li Special scooter of 1963 to 1966, sold in Silver Special and Golden Special colour editions from 1965; the British market called the 150 the Pacemaker. Nearly 100,000 Specials were built.
- Morris pickup
- the pickup version of the Morris Minor light commercial, built from 1953 to 1971 under both Morris and Austin badges; the Minor LCV Register's page gives a production figure of about 326,000.
What they made
Mathewsons' published results include a 1964 Trojan 200 sold for £7,000 on 1 August 2025, the only 1964 Trojan the firm has listed, so we take it to be the car in this episode. Two Mk1 Astra GTEs went through the saleroom in 2025, so we hold that figure until we can tie one to the episode. No published result has been found for the Lambretta or the Morris pickup.
Visit
The cars on Bangers & Cash are sold at Mathewsons' Pickering saleroom, and the Mathewsons museum and shop are in Thornton-le-Dale.
U&Yesterday episode pages and the Sky, TVmaze and TheTVDB listings for series 14; Mathewsons lot pages, read 10 October 2026; Air TV and UKTV announcements of 12 April 2019 and 31 July 2025. Car histories from manufacturer press material, owners' clubs, Grace's Guide, Motor Sport, Autocar, PistonHeads and Classic and Sports Car.